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Nokia has announced their first SIM-based near-field communication phone, the 6216 Classic. As you might already know, NFC allows your phone to communicate with just a tap on a designated sensor, letting you make money transactions amd get information displayed on your handset. Although it’s a very niche technology right now, research shows that NFC has a very bright future, and it’s easy to see why: this opens up a wealth of functionality to the end-user while keep the experience about as simple as it could be. Expect the 6216 Classic to land in the third quarter, and running about €150 before taxes and subsidies.
[via PRNewsWire]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
